Rail-brace



(No Model.)

J. BESSON.

RAIL BRAGB.

Patented Dec. 9, 1890.

supported upon ties formed of stone.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

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RAIL-BRACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,506, dated December 9, 1890.

Application filed September 16, 1890. Serial No. 365,167. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB BEESON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Milton, in the county of rayne and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Rail-Brace, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has relation to braces for railroads of that class in which the rails are Although the brace is particularly intended for such a constructed road, yet it may be used with advantage upon other roads.

The invention consists in certain features ot' construction hereinafter specified, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the drawings, Figure l is a plan of a railroad constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section; Fig. 3, a transverse section.

Like numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

1 designates the ties, which in this instance I preferably forni of slabs of stone, either of a size to receive both rails or a lesser size, as shown in the drawings. These slabs are provided with recesses 2 for the reception of the rails 3, and are clipped to the rails by means of angular clips 4, bolted to the webs of the rails and to the ties. By this means the rails are secured .in position, and the nature of the ties is such as to prevent them rotting away and insure great durability upon the part of the road. At intervals the opposite rails are connected by pairs of curved braces 5, their convexed sides being` arranged adjacent to each other, at which points they are preferably flattened and bolted, as at From their centers the two braces or brace sections diverge and are securely bolted, as at 7, to the webs of the opposite rails.

By means of these braces it is impossible for the rails to spread, and the same add greatly t0 the strength and durability of the road.

Having described my invention, what I claim is- The combination, with the opposite rails and their ties, of the series of braces, each consisting of two oppositely curved or bowed sections bolted together at their centers and having their ends bolted to the webs of the opposite rails, substantially as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as Inyown I have hereto aiiixed my signature iu presence of two witnesses.

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\\' itnesses:

JESSE MOORE,

C. IVI. CALLAWAY. 

